Eton Entrance Error

Eton College mistakenly sent an email to 400 households.

17:38 20 July 2015

Eton College mistakenly sent an email intended for nine families to 400 households due to a computer glitch. Princes William and Harry’s old school said it “deeply regrets” the mistake that could have given hundreds of boy false hopes.  

 

The email said that the boys were offered a conditional place after an interview to join the September 2017 intake as long as they passed the Common Entrance Exam.

 

An Eton College spokesman said: "This error was discovered within minutes and each family was immediately contacted to notify them that it should be disregarded and to apologise.

 

"We take this type of incident very seriously indeed and so a thorough investigation, overseen by the Head Master, Tony Little, and led by the Tutor for Admissions, is being carried out to find out exactly what went wrong and ensure it cannot happen again.

 

"Eton College offers its sincere apologies to those boys concerned and their families. We deeply regret the confusion and upset this must have caused."

 

The spokesman added: "We understand the problem was caused by a computer error. Our review will seek to discover what went wrong and put in place appropriate solutions, but we would not wish to pre-empt its findings at this stage.